Police warning New Hampshire teens about ‘Assassins’ game

CBS Boston reports the popular live-action game “Assassins” may lead to possible criminal charges for teens in Merrimack, N.H.

The game, also called Gotcha!, involves players given potential targets to “assassinate”, usually with a wooden spoon, or in this case, a water gun. In the town, which is located approximately 40 miles north of Boston, the “Senior Assassins” game is an annual tradition for Merrimack High seniors and is already underway.

“It’s getting intense already and we’ve only been playing for a couple days,” senior Nikolas Sunstrom said.

But things have gotten dicey, according to Merrimack Police. In 2013, there were several complaints regarding students trespassing on peoples’ property to get to their marks. Recently, a group of students went to the home of their potential target and blocked that student’s driveway with their car. The student backed his car into them.

“The student that was trying to leave his driveway was the target of the assassin of the squirt gun,” Lt. Dean Killkelly said.